I wrote to the HOA and told them I would not pay for anything that wasn't the same quality. I tried my best to fight against the skylights because I knew our skylights had so many good features and you can only get them today if you have them custom made. The HOA authorized Velux $225 skylights and $100 flashing to replace the $1200 (today's price) skylights I had with copper flashing and about 7 different features. They hired a policeman to make sure no one stopped them. Anyway the old great skylights were replaced and the roof of a different color without our knowledge was replaced with a 50 year Timberline roof/our old roof was a 40 year Timberline roof. I just recently found out that skylights are not supposed to get condensation between the panes of glass and all 7 of mine do. The roofer only charged the HOA $100 to install the new skylights because he is a roofer who needed the work. I am getting charged extra fees from the lawyer because I am the only one who refused to pay for the skylights because they weren't equal but now beside that they are all defective and probably because of installation.
Can I sue the HOA & the management person or the management company, the manager is the wife and owner is the husband for going against our HOA bylaws? They actually went against an engineer's report from 2000 that we paid to have done that said our roof was due to be replaced in 2023. I only can come up with one reason this was done and that was to pad the bill and they could not do it large enough without the skylights changed. I really think this could be criminal but I don't know if I can prove it as the manager's husband does the books. Thank you for any help you can suggest.